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Myricanthium pragense
Myricanthium pragense J. Kvaček, Eklund Int. J. Pl. Sci., 164(4): 1025. Jul 2003
- Name
- Myricanthium pragense
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Myricanthium
- Authors (Pub.)
- Kvaček J.
Eklund H.
- Publication
- A report on newly recovered reproductive structures from the Cenomanian of Bohemia (Central Europe) [2003/7]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 164
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 1025
- Year
- 2003
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Myricanthium
- Fossil Status
- infructescences
- Stratigraphy
- Cenomanian
- Location
- Prague, Hloubětín-Hutě, Czech Republic, Europe
- Paleoregion
- Europe
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Národní Muzeum, Prague, Czech Republic
- Repository Number
- F 2892
- Diagnosis
- Compound infructescences. The primary axis bearing semidecussately to nearly helically arranged secondary axes with fruits. Each secondary axis borne in the axil of a primary bract. The secondary axes bearing 100–150 sessile fruits, which are closely spaced and helically arranged. Each fruit supported by a small bract. Fruits circular in outline with numerous resin bodies in the fruit wall. The fruit apex with a circular, sessile stigma. Pollen grains adhering on the stigma of the Retimonocolpites type. Fruit wall thin. Seed coat thick, consisting of two layers.
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